If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

Freedom is not won on the battlefields. The chance for freedom is won there. The final battle is won or lost in our hearts and minds.

Democracy cannot long survive when the people permit their lives to be dominated - economically or politically - by a powerful few.

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by how one thinks and acts.

To be free you must afford freedom to your neighbor, regardless of race, color, creed, or national origin, and that sometimes, for some, is very difficult.

Politicians aren't any more wicked than other citizens but the situation in which they are placed warps their judgment.

I never felt I left the stage.

There is no danger is letting people have their say. ... There is a danger when you try to stop them from saying it.

The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry rot which eats away at the foundations of our democratic faith.

Such pip-squeaks as Nixon and McCarthy are trying to get us so frightened of Communism that we'll be afraid to turn out the lights at night.

That challenge you have right now...it’s not a wall

By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.

Every leader wants to put his or her imprint on the work that they do, and grow up in specific eras.

I grasped two things: I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasnt going to change unless I made it change.

Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

you will always love, and you will always be loved

The people among which I lived - and yet live, mainly - made their living from cotton, wheat, cattle, oil, with the usual percentage of business men and professional men.

I had too many businesses that are frivolous. I have enough. What interests me most is under-served communities. We need a new style of empowering these people, and new approaches.

A smart man can't beat a hardworking man and a hard working man can't beat a happy working man.